• You.

• The Wall of Shame.

• I've updated my goofy Trannie Comics.

Are you TG and planning to be in Toronto? If so, then be sure to check out my shopping guide for Toronto.

When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is "male or female?" and you are accustomed to make the distinction with unhesitating certainty.

- Sigmund Freud, "Femininity"

That's not an 'or' question.

- Dogbert

Here are some articles that I've written about gender and the TG community:

• First, you need to understand what I mean when I say 'TG'.

• Then maybe you'll understand some thoughts about the difference between sex and gender.

• And that'll explain why I hate BrainSex.

• Thus, I have a healthy scepticism about the medical perspective of TGs.

• There's also a lot to be said about thirdness.

• I find myself pondering why we want labels.

• I've begun working on a page about autogynephilia. This is a relatively new topic in TG circles, and I've decided to put my two cents in.

Bibliography

All the quotations in these pages come from the various books in my TG reading list.

These articles tend to be a bit more personal.

• I've started a Frequently Asked Questions list about Postmodernism and TGism.

• Sometimes, I think we fail to look for the funny moments in life. I've decided to record some of my amusing scenes from trannieland -- funny things that have happened to me because I'm transgendered.

• Here's a page about my obsession with Riki Anne Wilchins

• A who's who of important people in the TG community.

• Some rants about an incident at a lingerie store.

• An article I wrote, in which I ponder the question of closed TG groups versus open TG groups.

• A transgender movie listing

• An article about the goth subculture.

• Pictures:
  • Before and after
  • A very old picture of me and the truth about Dave!

• My article about queerfolk in science fiction shows.

• Information about my transition at work.

• One of the cool things about having a web page is that people send me really interesting e-mail.

• There are a few things I want to say about Anne Lawrence and the Michigan Women's Music Festival.

• I recently attended the IFGE Convention in Crystal City, Virginia

• I've started writing some thoughts about transgendered spirituality on my religion page. The first major piece is an article on Trans Substantiation.

Posting this page is an act of 'outing' myself. Oh well!

I really don't want my web-page to have much in the way of links. Other people do this much better than I do, and I really prefer a web-page that has content. Maybe I'm just weird. Nonetheless, I have to recommend the following sites:

• Raphael Carter has an incredibly amusing site called The Androgyny RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions). Raphael answers questions, suggests fun activities for gender-misfits, and invents terms that really need to be invented. Heck, Raphael is my hero.

• Transgendered religious history is fascinatingly described at Metro'on. Neat information that I've never heard before, but I'd prefer a few more footnotes.

• The significant others of TGs seldom get the attention they deserve. Now there's a web page that collects information specifically for TG SOs: Star's T* SO Group.

• A visually wonderful site that mixes TGism and graphic arts is The Sanctuary of the Lovely Angel.

• One of the reasons I think being out about being TG is so important is because people are afraid of the unknown. As more and more people know TGs, I hope that fear will be lessened. And make no mistake, that fear has lead to the death of far too many transfolk. Don't believe me? Check out the Remembering Our Dead site.

If you're looking for a more exhaustive list of links, try:

• The GLWeb's Rainbow Query, for many queer links or

• Christy's Transgender Links, for a specifically TG-oriented collection of personal pages, business sites, and other interesting places to visit.

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